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Relevant article(s) of the Convention

Reference provided in LOSIC No.

See also Maritime Zone Notification No.

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Argentina

1881 Boundary Treaty (Argentina and Chile)

1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship ( Argentina and Chile)

42(3)

4, 5

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SP [1]/ p. 169

Australia

Chart: Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the Bass Strait Oil Fields on the south coast (Victoria)

22(4); 41(6)

3

M.Z.N. 3. 1996. LOS of 5 March 1996

Chart at DOALOS/OLA

Finland

There are no traffic separation schemes in the territorial sea.

The provisions of the Convention concerning innocent passage through the territorial sea have been incorporated in the internal legislation of Finland.  There are no other laws or decrees concerning innocent passage.

The passage in the strait between the Åland Islands and Sweden (Ahvenanrauma) is regulated in part by a long-standing international convention in force, the regime of innocent passage in the strait has remained unchanged after the entry into force of the Convention.

21(3); 22(4)

6

M.Z.N. 16. 1997. LOS of 30 September 1997

 

Germany

Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the south-western part of the Baltic Sea- Straits ("Belte") and the Sound ("Sund") - and in the North Sea - German Bay

22(4); 41(6)

3

M.Z.N. 4. 1996. LOS of 25 March 1996

Charts at DOALOS/OLA

Italy

Laws and regulations applicable to innocent passage through the territorial sea and to transit passage through straits used for international navigation; namely:

- Art. 83 of the Navigation Code;

- Law 16 June 1912 (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 27 June 1912, No. 151);

- Royal Decree 24 August 1933, No. 2423 (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 22 May 1934, No. 130);

- Decree of the Minister of Merchant Marine of 8 May 1985 relating to the Strait of Messina (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 11 May 1985, No. 110);

- Decree of the Minister of Merchant Marine of 26 February 1993 relating to the Straits of Boniface (in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of 2 March 1993, No. 50);

21(3);  42(3);

2; 5

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Laws and Decrees at DOALOS/OLA;

Decree of 26 February 1993 in SP IV [2]/, p. 69

Latvia

Latvia informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations,  through a note verbale dated 28 July 2005, about legal acts pertinent to innocent passage through the territorial sea of the Republic of Latvia 21(3) 22

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Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 58 (2005)

Montenegro Maritime and Inland Navigation Law, 12/98 21(3) 25

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Myanmar

Law applicable to innocent passage through the territorial sea (Territorial Sea and Maritime Zones Law (Pyithu Hluttaw Law No. 3 of 1977))

21(3)

5

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BL [3]/, p.64

TS [4]/, p. 230

Namibia

Namibia has not adopted or enacted legislation relating to the innocent passage through the territorial sea, neither sea lanes or traffic separation schemes have been established

21(3); 22(4)

5

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Oman

Charts (sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the Strait of Hormuz, from Masirah to the Strait of Hormuz and in the Sultanate of Oman)

22(4); 41(6)

2

M.Z.N. 2. 1996. LOS of 20 February 1996

Charts at DOALOS/OLA

Pakistan

- Exclusive Fishery Zone (Regulation of Fishery) Act 1975;

- Territorial waters and Maritime Zone Act 1976;

21(3)

7

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TS 4/, p.256; EEZ[5]/, p.263

- Exclusive Fishery Zone (Regulation of Fishery) Rules 1978 as amended in 1990;

- Territorial waters and Maritime Zone (Amendment) Act 1997 which amends the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act 1976;

Saint Lucia

 Laws (excerpts) applicable to innocent passage through the territorial sea:

- The Shipping Act No. 10 of 1994 (Section 237 - Foreign ships in Saint Lucian waters);

- The Maritime Areas Act No. 6 of 1984 (Section 16 - Innocent passage);

- The Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority Act No. 10 of 1987, 1983: Section 76 - Damage property likely to endanger life;

- The Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority (Seaports) Regulation No. 92 of 1985;

-  Regulation 77 - Submarine cables.

21(3)

5

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The Maritime Areas Act No. 6 of 1984 in TS  4 /, p.318; other acts and regulation at DOALOS/OLA

 

Ukraine

- The Regulations on the Customs Control over the Transit of Foreign-going Vessels through the Customs Border of Ukraine, adopted by Resolution No. 283 of 29 June 1995 of the State Customs Committee of Unkraine and registred under No. 217/783 of 12 July 1995 by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

21(3)

12

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Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 44


[1]The Law of the Sea: Current Developments in State Practice (United Nations publication, Sales. No. E.87.V.3).

[2]The Law of the Sea: Current Developments in State Practice IV (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.V.10).

[3]The Law of the Sea: Baselines ‑ National Legislation with Illustrative Maps (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.89.V.10).

[4]The Law of the Sea: National Legislation on Territorial Sea, the Right of Innocent Passage and the Contiguous Zone (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.V.7).

[5]The Law of the Sea: National Legislation on the Exclusive Economic Zone (United Nations Publication, Sales No. E.93.V.10).


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